Executrix of george w



(Nomen G. W. BALDRIGB, Dead.

4 M. B. BALDR1GE,EXecutriX. SHIITER STOP EUR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. 110.453,531. PatentedJune 2,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MINNIE B. BALDRIGE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, EXECUTRIX OF GEORGE IV.

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DEOEASED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 453,531,dated J" une 2, 1891.

Application filed July l1, 1890.

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that GEORGE W. BALDEIGE, who was a resident of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, but is now deceased, did make a certain new and useful Improvement in Shifter-Stops for Type-IVriting Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The said invention relates to an attachment or shifter-stop intended for use on a type-writer having a carriage which is moved horizontally or across the plane in which the letters or characters are written, for the purpose of bringing the printing-point of the platen over the letter or character to be produced-as, for instance,in the machine which is nowcommonly known and called the Remington No. 2.

The object of the invention is to provide a means whereby fractions, &c., can be written or produced with the numerals of the fractions properly located, as more fully described hereinafter.

The invention relates to an improvement in those attachments whereby the carriage is made to move a portion of its horizontal distance to cause the first numeral of the fraction to be produced at a higher elevation on the sheet being written upon, but by which the carriage is not shifted the limit of its horizontal movement, so as to cause the printing-point of the platen to be shifted too far back to receive the numeral of the type it is desired to print or produce.

The invention consists in novel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure I is a perspective view of the improved attachment. Fig. II is a front elevation showing a portion of the No. 2 Remington machine in elevation with the attachment applied. Fig. III is a top or plan view of same. Fig. IV is a view illustrating the Work which the attachment is designed to produce.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents part of the frame of the carriage of a No. 2 Remington machine, which slides from side to side only; 2, the scale on the main frame; 3, the platen o r roller on the shifting frame of Serial No. 358,369. (No model.)

the carriage, and at the front rail or shifting bar of the shifting frame of the carriage.

The general character and the general principles upon which a No. 2 Remington machine woiks are well understood, each type-block carrying two characters, and the carriage being shifted in a horizontal direction across the printing-plane of themachine to bring the printing-point of the platen over the type which it is desired to produce-as, for instance, one of the type-blocks is provided, say, with the numeral 2 and with the character Now, to print the numeral 2 the carriage is allowed to remain in its normal position, while to print the character the carriage is shifted back to nbring the printingpoint of the platen over the quotation-mark.

I will iirst describe the attachment and then state its use.

5 represents a plate provided with a perforation G to receive the screw 7, by which the index or scale finger of a Remington No. 2 machine is secured to the carriage-frame l. The plate 5 is provided with an index-point S, which when the attachment is used takes the place and performs the functions of the index-point now used on the Remington machine. The plate 5 has an extension or arm 9 and a rearwardly-extending lip l() bent or extending at an angle, preferably at a right angle, to the plate 5.

ll represents a set-screw having threaded connection with the plate 5, preferably about half -way between the perforation 6 and the outer end of the extension 9.

In applying the attachment the set-screw 7, which is now employed in the RemingtonV machine to hold the index or scale finger, is removed or taken out, and the attachment is then placed, as shown in Fig. II, with the perforation 0 registering with the hole in the frame l, which receives the set-screw 7. The set-screw is then inserted and the attachment thus secured to the frame.

When in its position, the attachment does not affect or modify the operation of the machine as now designed and used,but permits of the machine being used, as usual, or after the usual manner, the point 8 serving to answer the purpose of the point or finger here- IOO tofore used in connection with the scale 2 of the Remington machine. The inner end of the lip l0 of the attachment rests against or is in close proximity to the rail or shifting bar 4 of the shifting frame of the carriage, and the inner end of the set-screw 1l is opposite the carriage-frame 1. Now,supposing it is desired to Write or produce the numerals 1%, it has been customary to Write it thus: 12/3; but it will be seen or noticed that the 2 of the fraction is on the same line or plane as the 3 instead of being at a higher elevation, as it is When properly Written. NOW, with the use of the attachment when these numerals are to be written the l is first produced and then the operator places his nger against the extension 9 of the attachnlent, which presses the inner end of the lip l0 against the rail 4 of the shifting frame of the carriage and moves the shifting frame of the carriage in a horizontal direction, say to the extent indicated by dotted lines in Fig. III. The numeral 2 is noW printed and the finger or pressure is removed from the attachment, which permits the shifting frame of the carriage to come back to its normal position. The separating-line is then printed and then the numeral 3, which gives the effect shown in Fig. IV of the drawings, or the effect of producing the numeral 2 of the fraction on a higher elevation than the numeral 3, and Writes the characters as they should be.

The amount of horizontal movement imparted to the shifting frame of the carriage byapplying pressure to the attachment should not be sufficient to bring the printing-pointI of the platen too far back to receive the character which Would be printed Were the shifting frame of the carriage not to be removed from its normal position, and for the purpose of adjusting this movement so that an excess of pressure on the attachment will not move the shifting frame of the carriage too farback, I provide a set-screw ll, Which may be moved in or out to the proper position, and which when t-he pressure is applied to the attachment comes against the frame l of the carriage and limits the backward movement of the shifting frame of the carriage.

lVith an attachment ot this kind fractions may be properly Written, and it is also useful for the purpose ot producing and properly locating-for instance, the c in McMurray, and othersi milar Words-and, in fact, is useful Wherever it is desired to produce a character at a slightly-higher elevation than the one adjacent to it.

I claiml. A shifter-stop for type-writing machines, consisting of a plate 5, having a rearwardlyextending lip 10, and means by which the plate is secured to the machine, substantially as described.

2. A shifter-stop for type-Writing machines, consisting of a plate 5, having a rearwardlyextending lip l0 and a perforation G, by which the plate is secured to the machine, substantially as set forth.

3. A shifter-stop for type-Writing machines, consisting of a plate 5, having an arm 9, a rearwardly-extending lip l0," and means by which the plate is secured to the carriageframe, substantially as described.

4. A shifter-stop for type-writing machines, consisting ot' a plate 5, having an arm 9, a rearwardly-extendinglip 10, and a perforation G, by which the plate is secured to the carriage-frame, substantially as described.

5. A shifter-stop for type-writin g machines, consisting of a plate 5, having a rearwardlyextending lip 10, and a stop ll, substantially as described.

6. A shifter-stop for type-writing machines, consisting of a plate 5, having an arm 9, a

rearwardly-extending lip 10, and a point 8,

substantially as described.

7. A shifter-stop for type-writing machines, consisting of a plate 5, having an arm 9, a rearWardly-extending lip 10, a point S, and a stop 11, substantially as described.

MINNIE B. BALDRIGE, Execuri of the estate of George W. Baldrz'ge,

deceased. f

In presence of` THos. KNIGHT, A. M. EBERsoLE. 

